ICCPR, First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966

2000

UN Treaty Collection

CEDAW, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1999

2011

UN Treaty Collection

ICESCR, Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2008

2013

UN Treaty Collection

Ratio of complaints procedures accepted Show sources

Number

Observation Date

3/8

2017

UN Treaty Collection

Relevant recommendations issued by treaty bodies Show sources

Name

Recommendation Excerpt

Recommendation Year

Committee against Torture

35. The State party should:
(a) Revise and develop mandatory and continuous training programmes, with the support of the National Commission for Human Rights and Citizenship, to ensure that all public officials, in particular law enforcement and military personnel, prison staff and medical and other personnel involved with detainees and asylum seekers, are well acquainted with the provisions of the Convention and the Optional Protocol thereto;
[...]

"31.the committee recommends that the state party ensure that migrant workers and members of their families have access to legal aid and consular services and that the minimum guarantees enshrined in the convention are assured with regard to criminal or administrative procedures, in full compliance with articles 16 and 17 of the convention. the committee also recommends that the state party promote alternatives to detention for migrant workers and members of their families. the committee further recommends that the state party provide detailed information on the number of migrants arrested, detained and expelled for immigration-related infractions, as well as the reasons for the detention and expulsion of these migrant workers."

2015

Concluding observations on Cabo Verde in the absence of a report*, CMW/C/CPV/CO/1, 8 October 2015